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Lauderdale County, AL

97,502 Population
668 square miles 146 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.8 ±0.9 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Alabama: 39.6 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$38,493 ±$2,694 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Alabama: $36,940 ±$421
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$69,113 ±$7,206 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Alabama: $66,659 ±$780
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

10.7% ±2.7% (10,012  ±2,530) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Alabama: 15.2% 760,634 (±0.5% / ±23,122)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

25.9 minutes ±1.2 (1,053,360  ±55,175) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about the same as the figure in Alabama: 25.5 51,818,964 (±0.2 / ±379,037)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

40,809 ±1,401 Number of households
  • Alabama: 2,059,528 ±11,700
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.3 ±0.1 (93,808  ±356) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Alabama: 2.4 5,012,179
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

4.2% ±2.2% (961  ±511) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Alabama: 5.5% 66,284 (±0.4% / ±4,512)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

45,249 ±161 Number of housing units
  • Alabama: 2,381,771 ±264
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$238,000 ±$20,215 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Alabama: $233,300 ±$2,461
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

11.5% ±2.7% (11,150  ±2,591) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Alabama: 11.4% 580,213 (±0.4% / ±21,123.7)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

94.1% ±5.5% (63,083  ±3,827.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Alabama: 89.6% 3,170,126 (±0.8% / ±28,414.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
34.3% ±3.4% (22,974  ±2,311.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Alabama: 29.9% 1,056,835 (±0.5% / ±16,975.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

1.9% (1,866  ±744) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Alabama: 4.5% 230,850
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

6.3% ±1.3% (4,987  ±1,035) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Alabama: 7.5% 298,792 (±0.2% / ±9,595)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
4,987 Total veterans ±1,035 4,648 Male ±915 339 Female ±291

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